人教版高二英语选修六课件：Unit5 The power of nature reading(共40张PPT)

课件40张PPT。The power of natureUnit5The power of human beingsAre we absolutely powerful in nature？floodtyphoon
hurricane
飓风volcano eruption While facing those natural disasters, how do you feel?We can find how powerful nature is and how weak humans are compared with natural disasters.volcano-eruptionBoiling rock erupts from the crater;
the lava flows slowly down the mountain. Magma chamberLavaCraterAsh cloud/volcanic ash岩浆Do you want to be a volcanologist?Answer “yes” or “no” to these questions to find out if you would be suitable for this work. p33Do a quizvolcanologistAN EXCITING JOBskimmingWhat is the writer’s job?
Where is Mount Kilauea?
Does he love his job?Part 1
Part 2

Part 3

(Para 1-2)
The writer’s job and its importance (Para 3-4)
The writer’s experience of watching the volcano eruption(Para 5)
The reasons for the writer’s enthusiasm about his jobFind out the main idea of each part TASKAPart one (Para. 1- Para. 2) AWhy is the writer’s job important?
BWhat made the author realize that an eruption occurred ?
Careful readingBPart two (Para. 3- Para.4) Why is the
writer’s job
important?
Danger _______me and
makes me feel _______I have the________
job in the world_________people from
the volcanogreatestexcitesaliveprotect2.What made the
author realize that
an eruption
occurred ?my bed began shakinga strange
soundmy bedroom
became as bright as day.an absolutely
fantastic sightred hot lava was
fountaining hundreds of meters into the airBPart one (Para. 1- Para. 2) BWhy is the lava that flows
on Mount Kilauea more dangerous
than the actual eruption?
A What did the scientists do
after the eruption ?
Careful readingAPart two (Para. 3- Para.4) Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption?Because people in the path of the lava can be warned to leave their houses but many houses cannot be moved and have been coved with lava or burned to the ground.What did the
scientists do after
the eruptionput on white
protective suits
helmets,big bootsdropped as close
as possible to the
craterslowly made our way
to the edge of the
craterlooked down
into the red,
boiling centerclimbed down into
the crater to collect
some lavagameAnswer the question, using your own words;
If you are right,
you will get a ticket
for Hawaii for a weekPart three (Para. 5) What does the writer find impressive even after studying volcanoes for more than twenty years? The author is impressed by the beauty of the eruption and also by the potential to cause great damage. What do you think of volcanologists’ job?
dangerousinterestingchallengingtiringboringimportantmeaningful enthusiastic, brave, smart, careful, calm, helpful, strong, determined, out-going, optimistic, unselfish, patient, healthy…What kind of person can be a volcanologist? A volcanologist who is… can…A volcanologist should …. because….Do you think it is a job you would enjoy? Discuss your reasons with your classmates.DiscussionNo, I probably wouldn’t enjoy
this job because I would have
to live in other countries and
also I don’t like being in
danger.I am not very good
at science. Yes. I do love to do a job like this
because I would enjoy working
outside and I think I would enjoy
the adventure.It would be exciting
to meet people from different
countries and I would feel good
about helping people avoid danger. After reading, we can see those kinds of natural forces are really awful. Does that mean we are completely powerless while facing them? Is that to say we can not get along well with nature? How can we live in harmony with nature?Discussion2We should learn to
get along well with
nature!What
can we
do?↖↗↙lawsplanthandkerchief↘one-offWhat can we do?rubbishbox××basketcleanWhat can we do?↖↘↙↗solar energyHomework1. Cloze(Fill in the blanks)
2. Finish exercises in
Learning about Language.
(Ex. 1, 2)
thank you!
Fill the proper words in the blank .
I have the _________ job in the world. I work _______as well as outside. What's more, I can meet different ______ people and travel to _________places. Though it’s ___________ I still enjoy it. My main job is to ________information about Mount Kilauea, which helps scientists _________where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast. By doing this, we can _____many lives.greatestinsidelocalunusualdangerouscollectpredictsaveconsolidation I still remember my first sight of an _________. I heard a _________ sound and my bed was shaking, like a railway train passing my window. My bedroom became as _______as day. I rushed into the back garden, and saw red hot lava ____________hundreds of metres into the air. The next day I was _____ enough to have a closer look at it. Two scientists and I were sent to collect some lava for later_______. We were dropped as close as possible to the _______ that had been formed during the eruption.eruptionstrangebrightfountainingluckystudycrater To protect ourselves, we all had special clothes, which made us look like___________. It wasn’t very easy to walk in these clothes, and we slowly
______ ___ ___to the edge of the crater and looked down into the red, boiling center. Though I was a little afraid, I wanted to climb down into the______ to collect some lava. But this being my______ experience, I could only stayed at the top and watched the two scientists. It has been more than twenty years since I began to study volcanoes. I am just as _____________about my job as the day I first started it.spacemenmade our waycraterfirstenthusiastic